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FKIE_CVE-2015-8949

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-08-19 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the my_login function in DBD::mysql before 4.033_01 allows attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging a call to mysql_errno after a failure of my_login.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118
cve@mitre.orghttps://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/ChangesRelease Notes
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45Issue Tracking, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3635Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/25/13Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/27/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92118
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/50-Use-after-free-in-my_login-function-of-DBDmysql-Perl-module.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/blob/4.033_01/ChangesRelease Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/commit/cf0aa7751f6ef8445e9310a64b14dc81460ca156Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/perl5-dbi/DBD-mysql/pull/45Issue Tracking, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-51
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dbd-mysql_project dbd-mysql 4.033
debian debian_linux 8.0

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    },
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  "id": "CVE-2015-8949",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:35:32.807",
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